What is Drupal?

What is Drupal to SLA?
• online student portfolio
• public showcase
• the "professional MySpace" for students
• archiving
• students MUST upload all benchmark projects to Drupal with an explanation of the project and an explanation of how they completed the project.
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Why do we use Drupal when we are already using Moodle?
• walled garden vs. open to the public
• audience
• archiving

How do I get to SLA's Drupal website?
Type www.scienceleadership.org/drupaled in your browser's URL field.

How do I log on to my Drupal account?
When you log on to the Drupal site you will see a "log on" link. Click this link and put in your Moodle user name and pass code.

What do teachers need to do with Drupal?
Teachers will need to RSS each of their students into an aggregator.
Teachers need to have their classes upload completed benchmarks to Drupal.

What can teachers do with Drupal?
It is really up to you. You can be very creative, it depends on your understanding of Drupal's capabilities.

Diigo is a resource (thanks Tim Best) you can use to highlight and annotate webpages. This can be used to make private comments on a beginner blogger's site, or to keep track of research for a project.

Here is an example of Diigo's use in a classroom and a broad overview of how to incorporate it into your teaching.